Ticket holder



March 19, 1963 K. BOCK 3,08l,570 TICKET HOLDER Filed April 23, 1959 PUREWOOL II I 7 75 C OV E R F/G', mA.

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NVENTOR! /fa-Z Bo c r BY %p A ttarney United States Patent Ofifice3,081,570 TICKET HOLDER Karl Boek, 334 Hornberger Strasse, Lauterbach,Black Forest, Kreis Rottweil (Neckar), Germany Filed Apr. 23, 1959, Ser.No. 808,333 Claims priority, application Germany Apr. 26, 1958 1 Claim.(Cl. 40-142) This invention relates to price ticket holders, signs ortags such as are used in shop-windows for indicating prices and otherinformation concerning the articles displayed.

The numerous known systems for such price ticket holders are all open tosome disadvantage, mostly that they require special skill, for example,for introducing the numbers into guides constructed as slides or whenchanging a number, other numbers also must be removed, the numbers arenot straight and the devices in question are expensive or unsghtly.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the variousobjections of prior ticket holders and tags and to produce a priceticket holder which can be used in various ways for indicating prices,advertising and designations, but which nevertheless enables thecharacter plates to be inserted individually and easily so that they arereliably and accurately aligned. Legible inscriptions are obtained byusing a plastic construction, and according to the invention a holderconsisting of a base suitable as a stand plug-in or hanging andcharacter-hearing tickets or plates adapted to be fitted thereon, are

arranged side by side on the back of the tickets or plates and providedwith slots which fit snugly on the bar and are clamped thereon. For thispurpose the hooks form the actual character-hearing plate by means of aspacer member and they can be made in one piece with thecharacter-hearing plate, especially if plastic material is used fortheir production.

The mouth of the hook preferably opens slightly conically and/ or thebar also increases conically in thickness from the edge so that theplates may clamp firmly on the bar. It is advantageous to provide a stepon the front of the bar on which the fitte d plates can rest and theyare thus accurately aligned.

The hooks and bar can advantageously be made in alignment in upward anddownward direction so that the bar can not only be fitted with characterplates at the top and bottom but by merely inserting a middle bar eitherat the top or bottom, a double lined inscription can be produced. It islikewise possible to provide the side edges of the bar with a hookprojected laterally, and this hook is preferably shorter than thecharacter-hearing plates and holds alone only a letter plate, with thelonger plates having two or more hooks spaced a distance from eachother.

The bars preferably have a foot member bent over at an angle which issuitable as a stand. The foot can be constructed as a rearwardlyprojecting pin which with the aid of which the bar can be fixed onperforated plates. A plug foot may also be provided on the bar.

For fixing the bar on the neck of a bottle, semi-circular arms areprovided on the rear side and resiliently slipped over the neck of thebot-tle. Also the bar may be equipped with other bars, also of adifferent type, stepped one above t the other towards the rear, andconstructed as a prefabricated element in which case the plasticmaterial can be used with advantage for such pieces.

The invention enables each character-hearing plate to be fitted andeasily exchanged without any special skill being required and without itbeing necessary to Shift 3-,08l,570 Patented Mar. 19, 1963 plates whichhave already .been fitted. Also the nvention enables the production ofaccurately aligned signs in a. great variety of arrangements, wherebythe plates are firmly seated without exciting any special eifort. Theuse of plastics enables the plates with the hooks and bars with the feetand holder to be produced cheaply and with a clean finish.

Further objects will be apparent from the following description whenconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustratingseveral embodiments of the inven-tion schematically by way of exampleand in which; v

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bar with simple foot and withplates placed thereon,

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing the bar without the platesthereon,

FIG. 3 is a front elevation of FIG. 1,

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of a modified arrangement,

FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the plates of FIG. 4,

FIG. SA is a vertical cross section of a modified sign,

FIG. SB is a vertical cross section of a further modified sign,

FIG. 6 is a side elevation showing the sign with FIG. 6A is a side viewof the sign of FIG. 6,

FIG. 7 is a side view of a foot part for standing and plugging into aperforated plate,

FIG. 7A is a top View of FIG. 7,

FIG. 8 is a top plan view partly in section of a bar fitted on a bottleneck,

FIG. 9 is a cross section of FIG. 10 is a side elevation sign and simplefoot,

FIG. 1OA is a front elevation of FIG. 10,

FIG. 11 is a side elevation of a stand composed of two bars arranged onebehind the other, and

FIG. 11A is a front elevation of FIG. 11.

1 designates a bar which is of a thickness on its upper side along itsentire length so that plates 2 can be slipped onto the bar and seatfirmly thereon by means of hook ledges 3 provided on the backs of theplates and integral therewith. The plates 2 have on their front sideprinted, embossed, raised or sunken symbols, such as letters, numbers orthe like. The flat hook ledges 3 are shorter than the plates 2 and havea sli ghtly conical mouth which enables the plates to be easily andquickly fitted and to be firmly seated. The alignrnent and good seatingof the plates 2 on the bar 1 is attained by means of a step 4 in the bar1, and on which step the lower edge of the plates 2 rest, FIG. 1. Thehook ledges 3 and its plate 2 can be made of one or two pieces, that isthe ledges 3 open upwards and downwards and the 2 has not only an upperedge for receiving the but also a lower edge is also available for thispurpose. FIGS. S to SB show a double or intermediate bar 5 which hasfeet or sockets 6 on its rear side for receiving a prop 7 for support ineasel fashion. The prop 7 may be of any suitable form as for instanceshown in FIGS. 7A and 7B.

A bar constr'ucted as a spike is shown in FIGS. 6 and GA. This spike 9can be eXtended by means of plastic :tube 10 for use for markng flowers'and the like.

The bar or plate 1 'can also have sockets 11 on its rear side `forstand-ing or plugging into perforated plates, FIGS. 7 and 7A.

For fitting the plate on a bottle neck 12, FIG. 8, slightly resilientholding arms or spring clips '13 are provided suitably att-ached on therear side of the plate 1.

According to FIG. 9, the plate 1 'is set forward to be Secured on ashelf or wall 14 and FIGS. 10 to 11A stands are provided composed of aplurality of plates. The stand 16, FIG. 10, may be provided with a peraspike,

a bar fixed on a shop shell?, of a bar with inscription or manentinscription plate 15 above which a plate 1 is i Secured for receivingplates 2, or bars or pia-tes of different systems types 2 and 17 may bearranged one behind and above the other and to form a stand 18, FIGS. 11and '11A.

I claim as my invention:

A price tag comprising a holding bar having at least one seouringelement in the form of a socket member and at -the top and bottomprovided with -a fiat portion, a plurality of plates each having symbolsthereon and at the top and bottom edges provided with a resilient gipping member to grip the flat portion of the holding bar, a projectingportion extending across the mid part of the bar arallel to the fiatportions thereof and against which the plates 'contact in a lignmentWhen mounted on References Cited in the file of this patent UNITEDSTATES PATENTS 1,229,716 Clark June 12, 1917 l,3 27,77S Platt Jan. 13,1920 2,342,237 Barbieri Feb. 22, 1944 2, 661,560 Maiby Dec. 8, 19532,689,4-23 Atkin Sept. 21, 1954 2,73 6,974 Jaye Mar. 6 1956 2,821,0=39Nash et al. Jan. 28, 1958 2, 8 63,242 Britton Dec. 9, 1958 FOREIGNPATENTS 755,858 France Sept. 11, 1933

